| November 21, 2018 Mindful News Happy Thanksgiving! From all of us at the South Florida Center for Mindfulness , we wish you, your family, and friends a Happy Thanksgiving! Our Fall of 2018 MBSR and MSC classes have come to a close, and we have been touched so deeply by our participants' individual journeys of self-exploration through their newfound abilities in mindful meditation and self-compassion practices. Congratulations to you all, and welcome to our Mindful Community! Here are some past and future moments to share! Recent moments Piero, with the assistance of Anuita, led our Fall 2018 all-day Silent Retreat at Boca Raton Physical Therapy. Thank you, participants, for allowing yourselves to drop out of "clock time", and drop into the present moment. Silent retreats are so important to our meditation practice! Last Friday was the Nursing Consortium of South Florida's conference on " Mindfulness; Creating the Space to Care " at the Signature Grand in Davie. What a lovely group of people! I presented on "Mindful Self-Compassion for Nurses", with the hope of giving these caregivers a couple of easy skills to support them during their stressful days. There, our MBSR graduate, Manika Petcharat, presented her dissertation, "The Effects of a Brief Culturally Tailored Mindfulness Intervention on Distress of Thai parents of Children with Disabilities". Dr. Petcharat will be returning to Thailand soon to teach nursing students. You will be missed, Manika! Upcoming Events 5-Day Teacher-Led Silent Retreat at the Duncan Center in Delray Beach 1/15 to 1/20/19 Early Bird Ends in 2 days! A silent retreat is like an immersion course. It creates an environment which enables us to see the ways we create difficulties in our lives and to discover a freedom of heart. The spirit and practice of loving kindness will be woven throughout the retreat experience. This retreat is modeled on the MBSR principles developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness in the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Check-in begins at 4 pm on Tuesday, and the retreat ends at 1 pm Sunday. Meals at the Duncan Conference Center will be lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Please note on your registration if you have any special dietary restrictions. Double occupancy is currently available. We anticipate potential upgrades to single occupancy, but that is not guaranteed. Register Here! Our MBSR Winter Schedule is out! Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week program based on the practice of mindfulness.The key to mindfulness is a non-judgmental awareness that enables you to respond with greater clarity, stability and understanding to life’s stressors, rather than reacting in unhealthy ways. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D . pioneered MBSR at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979, and this program is highly respected in the medical community, with classes in over 720 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world. The program consists of eight weekly two and 1/2 hour classes, and a one-day retreat (on a weekend) between sessions six and seven. Free Information Sessions: Mon, 1/7, 11:30 - 2 pm at Yoga Source in Coral Springs with Piero Tues, 1/8, 6 - 8:30 pm at Zen Mind Space in Wilton Manors with Sharon Thurs, 1/10, 6 - 8:30 pm at Boca Raton Physical Therapy with Piero Sat, 1/12, 10:30 - 1 pm at Boca Raton Physical Therapy with Piero Sign up for for free information session here Winter Classes Begin: Mon, 1/14-3/11, 11:30 - 2 pm at Yoga Source in Coral Springs with Piero Tues, 1/22-3/12, 6 - 8:30 pm at Zen Mind Space in Wilton Manors with Sharon Thurs, 1/24, 6 - 8:30 pm at Boca Raton Physical Therapy with Piero Sat, 1/26, 10:30 - 2 pm at Boca Raton Physical Therapy with Piero Click here to Register for class Our Mindful Self-Compassion Winter Schedule is out! Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion, providing a powerful tool for emotional resilience. Mindfulness is the first step in emotional healing—being able to turn toward and acknowledge our difficult thoughts and feelings (such as inadequacy, sadness, anger, confusion) with a spirit of openness and curiosity. Self-compassion involves responding to these difficult thoughts and feelings with kindness, sympathy and understanding so that we soothe and comfort ourselves when we’re hurting. Research has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional well-being. Free Information Sessions: Tuesday afternoon in Wilton Manors , 1/8, 11:45 to 2 pm at Zen Mind Space in Wilton Manors with Sharon Wednesday evening in Boca Raton , 1/9, 6 to 8:45 pm at Boca Raton Physical Therapy with Sharon Sign up for free information session here Winter Classes Begin: Tuesday afternoons in Wilton Manors , 1/22 - 3/12, 11:45 - 2 pm at Zen Mind Space with Sharon Wednesday evenings in Boca Raton , 1/23 - 3/13, 6 - 8:45 pm at Boca Raton Physical Therapy with Sharon Click here to Register for class Share your story with us! We would love to hear any insights of what you are learning as you continue to explore your life in a mindful way. If you are inclined, please send us your personal stories to post in future newsletters by clicking here. |
From all of us at the South Florida Center for Mindfulness, we wish you, your family, and friends a Happy Thanksgiving! Our Fall of 2018 MBSR and MSC classes have come to a close, and we have been touched so deeply by our participants' individual journeys of self-exploration through their newfound abilities in mindful meditation and self-compassion practices. Congratulations to you all, and welcome to our Mindful Community! Here are some past and future moments to share! | |
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Piero, with the assistance of Anuita, led our Fall 2018 all-day Silent Retreat at Boca Raton Physical Therapy. Thank you, participants, for allowing yourselves to drop out of "clock time", and drop into the present moment. Silent retreats are so important to our meditation practice! | |
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Last Friday was the Nursing Consortium of South Florida's conference on "Mindfulness; Creating the Space to Care" at the Signature Grand in Davie. What a lovely group of people! I presented on "Mindful Self-Compassion for Nurses", with the hope of giving these caregivers a couple of easy skills to support them during their stressful days. | |
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There, our MBSR graduate, Manika Petcharat, presented her dissertation, "The Effects of a Brief Culturally Tailored Mindfulness Intervention on Distress of Thai parents of Children with Disabilities". Dr. Petcharat will be returning to Thailand soon to teach nursing students. You will be missed, Manika! | |
5-Day Teacher-Led Silent Retreat
at the Duncan Center in Delray Beach
1/15 to 1/20/19
Early Bird Ends in 2 days!
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A silent retreat is like an immersion course. It creates an environment which enables us to see the ways we create difficulties in our lives and to discover a freedom of heart. The spirit and practice of loving kindness will be woven throughout the retreat experience.
This retreat is modeled on the MBSR principles developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness in the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Check-in begins at 4 pm on Tuesday, and the retreat ends at 1 pm Sunday. Meals at the Duncan Conference Center will be lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Please note on your registration if you have any special dietary restrictions.
Double occupancy is currently available. We anticipate potential upgrades to single occupancy, but that is not guaranteed.
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Our MBSR
Winter Schedule is out!
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week program based on the practice of mindfulness.The key to mindfulness is a non-judgmental awareness that enables you to respond with greater clarity, stability and understanding to life’s stressors, rather than reacting in unhealthy ways. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. pioneered MBSR at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979, and this program is highly respected in the medical community, with classes in over 720 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world. The program consists of eight weekly two and 1/2 hour classes, and a one-day retreat (on a weekend) between sessions six and seven.
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Our Mindful
Self-Compassion
Winter Schedule is out!
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Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion, providing a powerful tool for emotional resilience. Mindfulness is the first step in emotional healing—being able to turn toward and acknowledge our difficult thoughts and feelings (such as inadequacy, sadness, anger, confusion) with a spirit of openness and curiosity. Self-compassion involves responding to these difficult thoughts and feelings with kindness, sympathy and understanding so that we soothe and comfort ourselves when we’re hurting. Research has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional well-being. | |
Share your story with us! | |
We would love to hear any insights of what you are learning as you continue to explore your life in a mindful way. If you are inclined, please send us your personal stories to post in future newsletters by clicking here. | |
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